صنوبر

Arabic

صَنَوْبَر

Etymology

From the root ص ن ب ر‎ (ṣ-n-b-r) meaning “bitter cold”, “weather requiring hardiness to endure”, a variant of ص ب ر‎ (ṣ-b-r) “enduring”, “patient”, “persevering”; so named for the tree being a winter-enduring evergreen tree.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤa.naw.bar/
- (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /sˤu.noː.bar/
- (Palestinian) IPA^(key): /snoː.bar/

Noun

صَنَوْبَر • (ṣanawbar) m (collective, singulative صَنَوْبَرَة‎ f (ṣanawbara))

pine, pine tree
pine nut

Declension

Declension of noun صَنَوْبَر (ṣanawbar)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَوْبَر ṣanawbar	الصَّنَوْبَر‎ aṣ-ṣanawbar	صَنَوْبَر ṣanawbar
Nominative	صَنَوْبَرٌ ṣanawbarun	الصَّنَوْبَرُ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbaru	صَنَوْبَرُ ṣanawbaru
Accusative	صَنَوْبَرًا‎ ṣanawbaran	الصَّنَوْبَرَ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbara	صَنَوْبَرَ ṣanawbara
Genitive	صَنَوْبَرٍ ṣanawbarin	الصَّنَوْبَرِ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbari	صَنَوْبَرِ ṣanawbari
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَوْبَرَة‎ ṣanawbara	الصَّنَوْبَرَة‎ aṣ-ṣanawbara	صَنَوْبَرَة‎ ṣanawbarat
Nominative	صَنَوْبَرَةٌ‎ ṣanawbaratun	الصَّنَوْبَرَةُ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbaratu	صَنَوْبَرَةُ‎ ṣanawbaratu
Accusative	صَنَوْبَرَةً‎ ṣanawbaratan	الصَّنَوْبَرَةَ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbarata	صَنَوْبَرَةَ‎ ṣanawbarata
Genitive	صَنَوْبَرَةٍ‎ ṣanawbaratin	الصَّنَوْبَرَةِ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbarati	صَنَوْبَرَةِ‎ ṣanawbarati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَوْبَرَتَيْن‎ ṣanawbaratayn	الصَّنَوْبَرَتَيْن‎ aṣ-ṣanawbaratayn	صَنَوْبَرَتَيْ‎ ṣanawbaratay
Nominative	صَنَوْبَرَتَانِ‎ ṣanawbaratāni	الصَّنَوْبَرَتَانِ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbaratāni	صَنَوْبَرَتَا‎ ṣanawbaratā
Accusative	صَنَوْبَرَتَيْنِ‎ ṣanawbaratayni	الصَّنَوْبَرَتَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbaratayni	صَنَوْبَرَتَيْ‎ ṣanawbaratay
Genitive	صَنَوْبَرَتَيْنِ‎ ṣanawbaratayni	الصَّنَوْبَرَتَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbaratayni	صَنَوْبَرَتَيْ‎ ṣanawbaratay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَوْبَرَات‎ ṣanawbarāt	الصَّنَوْبَرَات‎ aṣ-ṣanawbarāt	صَنَوْبَرَات‎ ṣanawbarāt
Nominative	صَنَوْبَرَاتٌ‎ ṣanawbarātun	الصَّنَوْبَرَاتُ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbarātu	صَنَوْبَرَاتُ‎ ṣanawbarātu
Accusative	صَنَوْبَرَاتٍ‎ ṣanawbarātin	الصَّنَوْبَرَاتِ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbarāti	صَنَوْبَرَاتِ‎ ṣanawbarāti
Genitive	صَنَوْبَرَاتٍ‎ ṣanawbarātin	الصَّنَوْبَرَاتِ‎ aṣ-ṣanawbarāti	صَنَوْبَرَاتِ‎ ṣanawbarāti

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: սոնոպար (sonopar)
→ Old Georgian: სანობარი (sanobari)
→ Persian: صنوبر‎ (senowbar)
- → Hindi: सनोवर (sanovar), सनोबर (sanobar)
→ Hebrew: צנובר‎

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “صنوبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 616
Lane, Edward William (1863), “صنبر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1730-1731
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 40–47

Hijazi Arabic

صُنوبَر

Etymology

From Arabic صَنَوْبَر‎ (ṣanawbar).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤuˈnoːbar/

Noun

صُنوبَر • (ṣunōbar) m pl

pine, pine tree
pine nut

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَنَوْبَر‎ (ṣanawbar, “pine”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sanawˈbaɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /sanawˈbaɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /senowˈbæɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /sanavˈbaɾ/

Noun

صنوبر • (senowbar)

poplar
(archaic) pine
Synonym: کاج‎ (kâj)
(poetic, figurative, mainly in compounds) the slender and graceful beloved
Synonym: سرو‎ (sarv, literally “cypress”)
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 11”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
  ‏چندان بود کرشمه و نازِ سهی‌قدان
  کآید به جلوه سرو صنوبرخرام ما‎
  čandân buwad kirišma wu nâz-i sahî-qaddân
  k-âyad ba jalwa sarw-i sanawbar-xarâm-i mâ
  The coyness and coquetry of those straight-standing ones last only so long
  Until my cypress comes in splendor with pine-like stride.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

→ Hindi: सनोवर (sanovar), सनोबर (sanobar)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “صنوبر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

South Levantine Arabic

صنوبر

Etymology

From Arabic صَنَوْبَر‎ (ṣanawbar).

Noun

صنوبر • (ṣnōbar) m (collective)

(collective) pine nuts
(collective) pines, pine trees
‏شجرة صنوبر‎ ― šajret ṣnōbar ― a pine tree

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